What is a union?
A union is an organization of workers who wish to collectively represent themselves to their employer, who is legally required to bargain with the union.
EWOC
July 12, 2021
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6 Grocery and Food Service Worker Wins Across the Country
The battle for workers’ rights continues! Check out these recent wins by employees in the grocery and food service industry.
Samuel Fleischman
July 11, 2021
Raising the bar, not the temperature
Large parts of the United States have been hit with severe weather conditions, including a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest.
EWOC
July 9, 2021
To achieve anything, every worker must have a voice
Join us for “What is a Union?” to hear from a panel of union organizers about the nuts and bolts of unions today.
EWOC
July 2, 2021
How Colorado State Graduate Workers Got Organized During the Pandemic
The pandemic has been brutal for graduate workers, but at Colorado State University they demanded decent pay and treatment.
EWOC
June 29, 2021
‘We Took Care of Each Other’: A Maritime Union’s Hidden History of Gay-Straight and Interracial Solidarity
Decades before the modern LGBTQ+ movement, West Coast maritime workers organized against gay-bashing and red-baiting.
Jonathan Kissam
June 25, 2021
An injury to one is an injury to all
The fight for social and economic justice through organized labor means the continued opposition to all forms of workplace discrimination.
EWOC
June 24, 2021
Grocery and Food Service Worker Wins Across the Country
Workers are organizing for wins in healthcare, logistics, grocery stores, and more across the country. See the latest wins.
EWOC
June 21, 2021
7 Things Amazon has taken away from Whole Foods workers
Amazon bought Whole Foods in 2017. Since then, working conditions have gotten worse in many ways. Here are 7 of them.
EWOC
June 21, 2021
Growing worker power
As millions fell sick and lost their jobs and small businesses folded, Amazon added hundreds of thousands of jobs and is now the second-largest employer.
EWOC
June 18, 2021
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